July 17, 2025
A California federal judge rejected a bid by immigrant rights advocates for $3.6 million in attorney fees, saying their preliminary injunction blocking temporary protected status terminations during Trump's first term did not make them the prevailing party because the case ended without a final judgment.
July 19, 2024
The Biden administration rebuked immigration advocates' request for $3.7 million for challenging Trump-era orders ending immigration protections for people from conflict zones, arguing they couldn't claim they won the case just because the new administration undid its predecessor's policy.
May 28, 2024
The attorneys who challenged Trump-era orders ending immigration protections for people from countries in crisis are seeking a $3.7 million fee award, telling a California federal judge that the Biden administration's rescission of the orders showed their lawsuit was successful.
January 02, 2024
A California federal judge has dismissed a long-running challenge by temporary protected status holders to Trump-era orders terminating the immigration protections for individuals from several countries, ruling that the suit is moot since the Biden administration reversed course in June.
December 14, 2023
Holders of Temporary Protected Status visas have pushed back against the Biden administration's assertion that their suit challenging Trump-era orders terminating their protections was mooted by new protections, saying recent Trump campaign statements indicate that if reelected, he will end the program.
September 15, 2023
The Biden administration asked a California federal court to dismiss a lawsuit challenging Trump-era orders that terminated temporary immigration protections for six countries, saying plaintiffs were no longer vulnerable to the terminations since the administration had already rescinded them.
August 25, 2023
Visa holders fighting Trump-era orders that ended their protections against being sent back to countries in crisis have told a California federal judge that the Biden administration's reversal of the policy did nothing to resolve their case's legal questions.
September 25, 2018
A putative class of immigrant families asked a California federal judge Tuesday to force the government to preserve the temporary protected status for more than 200,000 individuals, saying the Trump administration's about-face in determining how that status was determined was unconstitutional and violated the Administrative Procedure Act.
September 07, 2018
The government is fighting back against a bid by a group of immigrant families to preserve temporary protected status for more than 200,000 immigrants living in the U.S., arguing in a Thursday response brief before a California federal court that the proposed class is unlikely to win on their claims that the terminations violated their constitutional rights.
June 26, 2018
A California federal judge said Monday he will allow a group of immigrant families to move forward with claims that the Trump administration violated their constitutional rights when it terminated temporary protected status for more than 200,000 immigrants living in the U.S.